intermittent thoughts on my life and work as the chess coach at IS 318, a public middle school in Brooklyn

Thursday, February 11, 2010

fun things I've been doing recently

1. I got a great new game called Ticket to Ride. Originally Jonathan and I were going to spend a day by going to the big KMart at Astor Place, buying a board game, and playing it all afternoon, but then Jonathan didn't feel well, so it became an online game-ordering competition. We each ordered a game secretly and the best one wins. (with one extra condition that if we happened to order the same game we would immediately elope.) I forget what we bet, which is a shame.

After doing some research in Amazon's customer reviews, I made an excellent selection:

Ticket to Ride looks fun. I agree with you--1/2 hour to 1 hour is just right.

I like to draw pictures with Logo.I like to make the turtle do all that work, and it satisfies some high school urge to make string-art.If you'd like to give it a try, you can download a free version of UCB Logo for whatever platform you useat:this site.

Then, as when computers were new, it's just tell the turtle to go FD x units and then turn rt y units (with the repeat command to save time) and before you know it, you're doing great images and fun geometry.

True, it's not the same as drawing one's own bowl or axe, but it's a delight in its own way.